[国际新闻] 《时代》25页篇幅认错：回归没令香港死亡

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美国权威杂志《财富》（《Fortune》）于1995年一度预言，回归将令香港死亡。但回归十年后，最新出版的《时代》周刊，终在十三年后为此言论来了个迟来的大平反，不仅承认其姊妹杂志《财富》当年报道错误，更直认香港比从前更有活力。0 I. X, Z. g; I& f8 |

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　　最新出版的《时代》周刊，以25页的篇幅探讨回归十年香港的变化，并以“阳光灿烂中见阴霾（Sunshine with Clouds）”为点题。对于《财富》杂志当年惊世的《香港之死》报道，《时代》坦诚认错，承认姊妹杂志完全是“错误地”及“差劣地”作出推测。《时代》解释香港过去十年经历金融风暴、禽流感、SARS、市民为基本法廿三条上街示威等……当世人以为香港贵为福地的气数已尽，香港却一一熬过来。
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- S; F- V9 x% f& Z* ~July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong./ O2 w7 [/ a7 X- a2 w+ f

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7 a( I4 B1 g& V0 H9 v9 u5 U* yFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.人在德国 社区9 ]  j8 j$ u" `

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3 g. M$ s: I* @% t9 Y5 o5 J* twww.csuchen.deMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health.
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2 Y; J0 a0 P5 ~2 E& ~2 C人在德国 社区The Expat Exodus
$ A( G. d* J4 h6 }/ n9 UOn July 1, 1997, as Hong Kong waved goodbye to its colonial rulers on board the HMS Britannia, pessimists predicted the city's expatriate professionals would follow.
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5 G, `, t6 e$ GJittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. + q4 R! ]9 c9 h4 W8 v

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　　《时代》分析，香港人仍在身份认同及定位上感到迷失。港人对祖国又敬又怕，进而希望争取民主独立，这种心态却令政策陷于胶着状态。保守派与民主派的对立，造成政治麻痹：上至经济下至污染的议题，双方都不愿妥协。
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/ ~3 v) Y/ ?3 j3 kwww.csuchen.de　　《时代》称，港人在争取民主方面的想法过于“实际”。有权投票选行政长官的八百名选委，大部分来自商界，他们普遍认为普选特首会引入平民领导人、令香港变成福利社会；另一方面又怕惹怒中央，影响自身利益。. R0 w' S2 j+ H( t1 G7 \! }) m  L1 ?
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A 1995 Fortune magazine article famously predicted the "Death of Hong Kong" following the handover, prophesying that PLA soldiers would be a visible, ominous presence on Hong Kong's streets. 人在德国 社区$ f, f- r0 A) W! a

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0 P7 |, f2 n) b: _1 \2 }, [$ pVictoria Park. Queen's Pier. Stanley. While many symbols of British rule vanished overnight after the handover — teams of workmen removed the royal seal from post offices, police stations and institutions like the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club — Hong Kong's colonial place names endure.
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0 u& ]4 y5 @& U# H  h) p- ]  d0 F2 Y- YMilton Friedman, the late Nobel Prize-winning economist, predicted that within two years of the handover China would introduce capital controls and replace the territory's currency. Wrong.
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& ]+ i1 [6 @* t9 q/ a% M( B& _With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.
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/ C' C! Y( y" V7 S5 ?' sHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. , `# e! c% X! d! b
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0 \6 I& Q, Q5 D5 F& w4 \* e# a+ S  oContrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.